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After his meeting with Tillerson at the sidelines of a G20 meeting, Ayrault said: "I wanted to remind him after the meeting between Donald Trump and Netanyahu that in France's view, there are no other options other than the perspective of a two-state solution and that the other option which Tillerson brought up was not realistic, fair or balanced". (more...)

Yet despite not being at their best, Peshawar, led by two-time World T20 winning captain Darren Sammy, know how to grind out a win and the match against Quetta would test both teams to their limits at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Sam Billings and Dwayne Smith opened the innings for United. Peshawar Zalmi are on top of points table due to better net run rate. Islamabad, meanwhile, have been in fine form and atoned for their loss against Lahore by defeating Quetta in the ensuing match. (more...)

Peskov dodged a question about Trump's news conference Thursday in which the president blamed the media for trying to thwart his plan to improve ties with Moscow . On Wednesday, Trump tweeted that Crimea was "TAKEN" by Russian Federation. A change of attitude, however, was clearly visible in Friday's news programs on Russian state TV, which gave little time to Trump compared with previous massive coverage of the US president. (more...)

Trump then proceeded to fight and argue with the press for the next hour and a half. "General Keith Kellogg, who I have known for a long time, is very much in play for NSA - as are three others", Trump tweeted Friday morning. "It isn't going to stop him". Above all else in Trump's nearly stream-of-consciousness pronouncements were his complaints about the "dishonest" and "out of control" media. (more...)

Asked whether the Kremlin watched the news conference, Peskov said Putin's administration was too busy with its domestic agenda. Mattis also rejected the idea of increased USA military ties with Russian Federation, insisting that Russian Federation has to prove itself to be "mature" enough to cooperate with the United States. (more...)

Todd challenged the president's answer to a question about a rise in anti-Semitic threats, asking if Trump did not want to outright denounce anti-Semitism because "some of the president's supporters aren't as welcoming as he is". "This is highly regretful and I'm going to seek clarification", Turx wrote. His surrogates have, time and time again, trotted out the states they'd flipped from blue to red in November and the number of people who came out to cheer at rallies. (more...)

The Union law ministry has cleared the Supreme Court collegium's recommendation for the appointment of justice Rajendra Menon of the Madhya Pradesh high court as chief justice of the Patna high court. "We can't hold up the entire process for this". The new CJI Justice JS Khehar seems to be in a mood to get things done rather than getting entangled in unnecessary controversies. (more...)

The missile test this weekend happened around the same time as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's appearance in the US with President Donald Trump. They also compared notes on North Korea's domestic situation after Kim Jong Nam, 45, the elder half-brother of Kim Jong Un, was killed in Malaysia, possibly with poison. (more...)

President Donald Trump. His challenges in making the case at meetings of leaders in Munich and Brussels have been compounded by the tumultuous opening of Donald Trump's presidency: a ban on travel to the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries that riled much of the European public, and the resignation of Trump's national security adviser over contacts with officials of a Russian regime many of them consider a rising threat. (more...)

The expected appointment is rankling some inside the White House, with longtime Trump loyalists inside and outside the West Wing saying they would have preferred a veteran from the campaign. Dubke has been involved in local, state and federal politics since 1988, according to his biography on the Crossroads Media website . Dubke's fellow co-founder of Crossroads, Steven J Law, served as former President George W Bush's US Deputy Secretary of Labor. (more...)

In its fourth day, the blaze has already spread over 2075 hectares and as of 16 February, 11 homes were destroyed. The New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union, representing all career front line firefighters can reveal that Christchurch Fire Service Crews (career firefighters) were stood down and told to return to Stations while the catastrophic Christchurch fires continue to burn - said Derek Best, Secretary of the Union. (more...)

Reeves had shown up at a neighbor's house with her 4-year-old sister. The girl is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her mother, 34-year old Jamie Garnett, police said. Reeves made her first appearance in juvenile court Thursday, Carter added. Prosecutors are now seeking a waiver to have Reeves tried as an adult. Police did not release any details of a motive or any further information about the investigation. (more...)

Spanish judges will deliver their verdict on Friday in the trial of the King of Spain's sister Princess Cristina, charged with being an accessory to tax fraud following a long investigation into her husband's financial affairs. Any criminal indictment would be unprecedented for a relative of the royal family. The case can be appealed in the Supreme Court, but it was not clear whether Urdangarin would choose to do so. (more...)

The explosions killed two residents, witnesses said. "Yesterday at about 2318hrs, a suicide bomber sneaked into the midst of 13 pick up trucks loaded with goods along Maiduguri/Mafa road, said to be awaiting departure to Gamboru Ngala early hrs of today and detonated IEDs strapped on self". (more...)

That is, they may face departmental proceedings if they are reported to have defied the prohibition laws in states like Nagaland, Kerala and Gujarat. Previously, the conduct rules for government servants laid down that they cannot consume intoxicants while on duty, or could not be found intoxicated at a public place, or consume such substances in public across the state. (more...)

It claimed the "out of touch" judges had "defied" 17.4m Brexit voters by ruling in favour of a challenge to allow Parliament a vote on triggering Article 50. On Thursday, however, Ms Truss said she was "delighted" that Lord Neuberger had spoken out about the role of the judiciary. He added: "It's easy to be critical after the event". (more...)

Disaster management teams are on high alert on Friday morning, as tropical depression Dineo sweeps in. Henry Muller posted tongue-in-cheek, that despite the welcomed 90mm of rain that fell, 10mm was also measured in their house. However, the South Africa Weather Service warned that it still posed the threat of heavy rainfall and flooding as it headed inland toward South Africa. (more...)

WOOSTER, Ohio - Robin Morillo, a resident of Crawfordsville, has been named to the Dean's List for the fall semester at The College of Wooster. The following students have been selected for inclusion on St. To qualify for the Dean's List , students' GPAs must be in the top 15 percent of enrollment in each of the University's degree-granting colleges or schools. (more...)

Not a single Senator has filed a companion bill to abolish abortion. He and others cited secretly shot videos that surfaced in 2015 purporting to show representatives from Planned Parenthood discussing the sale of tissues and organs from aborted fetuses. (more...)

Compared with January 2015, sales were up by 1.5 per cent, this is the weakest performance since November 2013. Retail sales fell unexpectedly in January in a sign the consumer strength that has powered the economy in the wake of last June's Brexit vote might be waning in the face of higher inflation. (more...)